Safe Spaces is planned as a vital support service for survivors of church-related abuse across the Church of England and the Catholic Church in England and Wales.

STATEMENT / IICSA response by members of the House of Bishops

Archbishops' Council report debate and presentation by chair of audit committee

Response to reports of the death of John Smyth from the Bishop of Bath and Wells, Peter Hancock, the Church of England's lead safeguarding bishop.

Publication of the interim report from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, IICSA.

Statements following the announcement that Bishop John Perumbalath will resign as Bishop of Liverpool.

NSSG report from May and March 2022

The Church of England's National Safeguarding Team has today published a progress report, one year on from the Elliott Review.

The Church of England has published today new House of Bishops’ guidance on reporting safeguarding and other Serious Incidents to the Charity Commission. This is the first time the Church of England has produced Charity Commission approved guidance.

The Church of England is supporting the international campaign for 16 days of activism to end gender-based violence, as newly released figures show that there has been a 37% increase in reports of domestic abuse to diocesan safeguarding advisers over the past three years (2019-2021).